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Reimagining Democracy Through Feminist Resistance

At the Feminist Futures Workshop in Budapest, activists, researchers and politicians from across Europe gathered to discuss a pressing question: How do democratic movements continue building futures under anti-democratic conditions? Ruth Gazsó Candlish and Tatev Hovhannisyan reflect on why feminist resistance today is becoming as much about rebuilding democratic life as it is about opposing backlash.

9.06.2026

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The Politicization of Anti-Feminism in Latin America

The growing visibility of anti-feminism in Latin America is not an isolated trend but a deliberate political strategy. In this op-ed, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser examines how far-right actors harness anti-feminist rhetoric to mobilize voters, resist the expansion of rights, and contest the very meaning of democracy.

4.06.2025

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Texts, Contexts, and Feminist Voices in East-Central Europe

In this episode, we explore the newly published book Texts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and Women’s Rights in East-Central Europe, Second Half of the Twentieth Century (CEU Press, 2024) edited by Zsófia Lóránd, Adela Hîncu, Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc, and Katarzyna Stańczak-Wiślicz. Our conversation with the editors delves into the book's aim of highlighting the often-overlooked contributions of East Central European women to global feminist thought and activism. We discuss the selection process of a diverse range of texts and artworks that challenge the dominant political and intellectual canons, focusing on the importance of including works that don't necessarily self-identify as feminist but engage with themes of systemic oppression. The discussion also touches on how socialism and the post-socialist transitions shaped feminist movements in the region, notable figures and texts from the volume, encountered controversies during the process of editing as well as the [...]

7.03.2025